Answer — Exercise 10
2 - A lot of homework!·Outcomes Elementary - Student's Book
Question
Look at each pair of sentences in the box and circle the difference. In pairs, discuss what things are different when you use an uncountable noun instead of a countable noun.
Answer
- I don’t need a dictionary. → I don’t need any help.
- There aren’t any cars. → There isn’t any traffic.
- There aren’t many cars. → There isn’t much traffic.
- Do you have a rubber? → Do you have any paper?
- Do you have any tissues? → Do we have any homework?
- Do you want some chips? → Do you want some water?
Negative sentences:
- not a with countable singular noun (dictionary), not any with countable plural or uncountable noun (cars, traffic)
- not many with countable plural, (cars) or not much with uncountable noun (traffic)
Questions:
- Do you have + a with countable singular noun (rubber), + any with countable plural or uncountable noun (scissors, paper, homework)
- Do you want + some with countable plural noun (chips), or uncountable noun (water)